1792 | CSMS Charter and First Meeting: Middletown, CT |
1793 | Physician Licensure Begun |
1812 | Medical Institution of Yale College (Yale University School of Medicine) |
1822 | Connecticut Retreat (Institute of Living) |
1826 | First General Hospital of Connecticut (Yale-New Haven Hospital) |
1841 | State Registry of Deaths and Their Causes |
1847 | National Medical Convention Led by Dr. Jonathan Knight of CSMS Founds the AMA |
1867 | Connecticut Valley Hospital (Middletown) |
1878 | Connecticut State Board of Health |
1892 | CSMS Centennial Celebration, New Haven |
1893 | Connecticut Medical Practice Act |
1935 | Connecticut Tumor Registry (World’s 1st Cancer Registry) |
1936 | Connecticut Medicine (Journal of the CSMS) |
1942 | CSMS Sesquicentennial Publication: The Heritage of Connecticut Medicine |
1947 | Connecticut Medical Service (CMS-Blue Shield) |
1949 | CSMS Headquarters Building (160 Saint Ronan Street, New Haven) |
1973 | CSMS CME Accreditation of Hospitals |
1974 | Connecticut SportsMed Newsletter |
1983 | Connecticut Peer Review Organization (CPRO, now Qualidigm) |
1984 | Connecticut Medical Insurance Co. (CMIC) |
1985 | CSMS/HCMA Medicare Courtesy Card Program (Now ConnPACE) |
1986 | CSMS-IPA/M.D. Health Plan |
1988 | CSMS Charitable Trust |
1988 | First CSMS Countersuit Pays $99,000 to CSMS Internist |
1990 | First Pictorial Directory of CSMS Physicians |
1991 | CSMS Health Awareness Campaign |
1992 | CSMS Bicentennial Benefit |
1993 | CSMS Workers’ Compensation Reform |
1994 | CSMS Headquarters Building Renovation |
1995 | CSMS Physicians’ Health and Education Fund |
1997 | The M.D. Makes the Difference! CSMS PR Campaign |
1999 | Aetna is Playing Doctor with Our Patients! CSMS Ad Campaign |
2001 | CSMS Class Action Lawsuits begin against 7 HMOs |
2002 | CSMS HIPAA Compliance Packets for Physicians |
2003 | 1,800 Doctors march on the Capitol in CSMS “White Coat Rally” |
2004 | Historic Aetna and Cigna Settlements of National Class Action covering 700,000 MDs |
2005 | Four More Settlements Achieved: HealthNet, prudential, Anthem/Wellpoint |
2006 | Matthew C. Katz succeeds Timothy B. Norbeck as CEO of CSMS |
2007 | P.A. 07-103 Establishes HAVEN, a Confidential Assistance Program for Health Care Professionals |
2008 | CSMS Publishes the Connecticut Physician Workforce Survey |
2009 | CSMS Received $400,000 healthcare Disparities Grant from Connecticut Health Foundation |
2010 | CSMS DVD: Care in Context: The Physician’s Role in Reducing Health Disparities |